𐰆𐰔𐰣

uzun

Meaning:
long (of space and time)
Alternative spellings:
𐰆𐰔𐰆𐰣

Word family

In modern languages

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen uzyn
Turkish (Azerbaijan) uzun
Turkish (Türkiye) uzun
Salar uzın
Gagauz uzun
Crimean uzun
Uyghur uzun
Uzbek uzun
Kazakh uzın
Nogai uzın
Siberian Tatar -
Kyrgyz uzun
Altai uzun
Alan uzun
Kumyk uzun
Tatar ozın
Bashkir oz̦on
Tıva uzun
Khakas uzun
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) uhun
Khalaj uzun
Chuvash vӑrӑm

Examples

Translations

Kazakh:
uzın
Kyrgyz:
uzun
Russian:
длинный, долгий
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
uzun
Turkish (Türkiye):
uzun
Turkmen:
uzyn
  • Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish p. 288
    D uzun Intrans. Dev. N./A. fr. uza:-; ‘long’, of time and space. The phr. uzun tonluğ ‘with long clothes’ in the early period meant ‘woman’ not, as originally suggested, ‘monk’. S.i.a.m.l.g. Türkü viii T 52 (yelme:): viii ff. özüŋ uzu:n bolzu:n ‘may your life be long’ IrkB 47; uzu:n tonlu:ğ do. 22 (ıçğın-), 42 (iḏiş); Man. uzun tonluğ Chuas. 117: Uyğ. viii ff. Man.-A erli uzun tonluğlı ‘a man and a woman’ M I 16, 15-16: Man. uzun sansar ‘the long chain of rebirths’ (Sanskrit saṃsāra) TT II 17, 75-6: Bud. uzun sansar U III 76, 15 (i); Suv. 133, 12; uzun turkaru ‘for a long time and completely’ U III 42, 11; o.o. meaning ‘long’ of time Suv. 140, 22 ff.; 474, 21 (özlüg); 478, 17—uzun tonluğ USp. 104, 8-9; uzun körkle eliglig ‘having long lovely hands’ Suv. 349, 2-3; a.o. USp. 104, 12 (ığaç): Civ. uzun isig ‘a persistent fever’ H I 2; H II 8, 49; 10, 64-5—uzun tonluğ TT VII 26, 1; 37, 5 (USp. 42, 5); (102 bales of) uzun karıda böz ‘long cotton cloths a cubit wide(?)’ USp. 13, 2-3: Xak. xi uzun ‘anything long’ (ṭawīl) Kaş. I 77; six o.o.: KB uzun keç yaşağıl ‘live long!’ 1553; o.o. 1585, 1796 (östeg)—kalı bolsa elgiŋ bodunka uzun ‘if your hand is outstretched to the people’ 230; uzun yol ‘a long journey’ 837; a.o. 1120: xiii(?) At. uzun ‘long’ (of time) 295-6; Tef. uzin/uzun ‘long, length’ (of time and space) 322-3: xiv Muh. al-ṭawīl uzu:n Mel. 48, 10; Rif. 142 (u:zu:n), 152: Çağ. xv ff. uzun dirāz ‘long’ San. 74r. 12: Xwar. xiii(?) Oğ. 313 (usluğ): xiv uzun ‘long’ (of time) Qutb 202; MN 147: Kom. ditto (and space) CCI; Gr. 268 (quotns.): Kıp. xiii al-ṭawīl uzu:n Hou. 25, 15: xiv uzun al-ṭawīl İd. 13: xv ditto Kav. 17, 18, etc.; Tuh. 23b. 5: Osm. xiv ff. uzun ‘long, length’; c.i.a.p. TTS I 739; II 945; III 725; IV 798.